Legislative Session
The 2026 legislative session has concluded, with over 1,100 bills considered and 337 signed into law by Governor Kelly Ayotte. The New Hampshire Hospital Association (NHHA) followed our 2026 Advocacy Agenda to guide our priorities for the session: financial sustainability, access to care, workforce and regulatory relief and administrative burden. With help from our members, we passed legislation to clarify scope of practice for licensed practical nurses (LPNs); tabled two problematic bills regarding the 340B drug pricing program; and stopped a bill that would have mandated parental access to all electronic medical records for their children, despite technical challenges with patient portals being unable to parse out protected health information.
Even though the legislature is on break for the summer, NHHA is already thinking ahead to the 2027 legislative session, starting with our annual advocacy outreach sessions at various member hospitals. Thank you to Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Monadnock Community Hospital, Dartmouth Health, Southern New Hampshire Health and Androscoggin Valley Hospital for hosting our 2026 sessions.
